Siemens SPARC ENTERPRISE M8000 - Manual (Page 20)

12 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Product Notes for XCP Version 1072 • September 2008
Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds
TABLE 4 lists known Solaris OS issues and possible workarounds
TABLE 4 Solaris OS Issues and Workarounds
CR ID Description Workaround
5076574 A PCIe error can lead to an invalid fault
diagnosis on a large M8000/M9000 domain. This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 5/08.
For Solaris 10 8/07 or earlier, this has been
fixed in patch 127127-11.
[Workaround]
Create a file /etc/fm/fmd/fmd.conf
containing the following lines;
setprop client. buflim 40m
setprop client. memlim 40m
6303418 A SPARC Enterprise M9000 server with a
single domain and 11 or more fully populated
system boards might hang under heavy stress. This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.
For Solaris 10 11/06, this has been fixed in
patch 120011-01.
[Workaround]
Do not exceed 170 CPU threads.
Limit the number of CPU threads to one per
CPU core by using the Solaris psradm
command to disable the excess CPU threads.
For example, disable all odd-numbered CPU
threads.
6416224 System performance can degrade using a
single NIC card with more than 5,000
connections. This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.
For Solaris 10 11/06, this has been fixed in
patch 120011-08.
[Workaround]
Use multiple NIC cards to split network
connections.
6441349 The system may hang if there is an I/O error
in the system. This bug has been fixed in Solaris 10 8/07.
For Solaris 10 11/06, this has been fixed in
patch 120011-07.
There is no workaround.